Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-26
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Annual Meeting of the Order az
Minneapolis, MINI 81

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e MNNKAPoLIs, Mimi, Oct l7.-In the Cen
ssral Assembly of the Knights Of Labor Sat
nrday the two factions In the Executive
Board spent the day in Wrangling. Barry
and Bailey, the minority oppose the admin
5lstration Of the order as run by Mr.. Powder
W and II is the deterinin alton OF the ma
lority to ousts them from the board. a paper
was put Ia circulate don which pledged the
signers, in the event Of the administration
carrying the day, 70 attend q conference to
oe called some time next month This 10
understood to preaage q spill In the order.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. Oct is. he trouble
over the inharmonious Executive Board OF
the knights Of Labor General Assembly was
settled, at leas temporarily, yesterday by
the vote OF the assembly, leaving the officers
as they are. II Is nderstood, however,
that this is coupled with demand for the
designations Of Messrs Barry and Bailey, OF
the board During the session yesterday Mr..
Bailey charged Secretary John ".
Hayes with being q political schemer
and wire-pnller and misrepresentation
funds Of the order; charged Mr. Pow
derby with having employed Tom
O,Reilly, OF New York. to work in. the in
terest Of the Catholic church at the expense
of the order and with sending money to
Rome to conciliate the Pope toward the
Knights OF Labor organizatiO IONS, and said If
the scheme to ous5 Mr.. Barry and himself
succeeded they, with their friends, would
leave the assembly. All the charges made
by Mr. Bailey were rented by members OF
the Executive Board ..3 s5s3
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Oct g. The General
Assembly Knights Of Labor met In execu-
tive session at 8 a m. yesterday. A resolu-
ton that the general secretary be empow-
cred to employ or discharge employees in
the general office for cause was. defeated
The plan Of establishing department. of
womans' " ork was adopted A resolution
to strike out temporarily tending
bar" from among the disqualification
for membership was lost by a
vote Of 90 to 26. Amendments were
adopted providing that members In az
rears six months be dropped from the rolls,
and making the maintenance OF an assist
ance fund optional instead of compulsory
II was resolved to boycott two Indianapolis
papers, the JOuraa and the Sentinel, for
having discharged all employees connected
with the Knights of Labor and TYpcgraph-
ical Union, and refusing to take them back
when requested
M1NNE4poL1s, MINI Oct. 2O-The General
Assembly Of the Knights Of Labor remained
in session oil yesterday, taking final adj
journment at s O'Clock Reports were
adopted providing that the maintenance of
q cooperative, fund be made optional with
local assemblies; that the general Executive
Board shall have nothing to do with strikes
unless called upon to interfere; that Knights
OF Labor in parade shan carry nothing but
tho State or National eolors; sustaining
the rule prohibiting the sale Of iq-
nor at p cnics, and recommending
economy for the coming year. The feeling
among the delegates is that the general re-
suits of the present session are most graft
flying. MI. Powderly said: TN nutshell, I
think the legislation passed at the present
session will be greatly beneficial to the or
ganization. good many Important
changes in the constitution have been made
The poorer features have been abolished,
and the amendments adopted will, think,
in the end prove to be just what was need
ed. The invitation from Indianapolis was
accepted, and the convention win be held
tn that city next year.